Der süße Brei

Der süße Brei

It is the fairy tale "Der süße Brei" by the Brothers Grimm. Ein Märchen der Brüder Grimm - KHM 103. It is about a girl and her mother who suffer from hunger. A woman who meets the daughter in the forest gives her a pot that cooks porridge if you tell him "cook, pot". It stops if you tell him "stop, pot". One day, the daughter left and the mother forgot how to make the pot stop cooking. The pot cooks so much porridge, the entire town is flooded. When only one house is left, the daughter returns and says "stop, pot". Anyone who wanted to go to the city afterwards, had to eat porridge to get through.